Device for hitching horses



(No Model.)

H. HOLLAND.

DEVICE FOR HITGHING HORSES.

Patented June 22, 1886.

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HAROLD HOLLAND, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR HITCHING HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,993, dated June 22,1886.

Application filed January 25, 1886. Serial No. 189.606. (No modehl Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD HOLLAND, of Lynn, in the county of Essex,State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Devices for Hitching Horses,of which the following is adescription, sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 is an endelevation of the clamp detached from the wheel; Fig. 2, a side elevationof the same; Fig. 3, a top plan view; Fig. 4, a vertical section takenon line a: x in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a side elevation showing the clampattached to the wheel of a carriage, and Fig. 6 a front elevation of thesame.

Like letters of referen ceindicate corresponding parts in thediflerentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of devices for hitching horses inwhich the forward movements of the carriage to which the horse isharnessed operate to check or stop the horse and prevent him fromrunning away when left unattended; and it consists in a novelconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler,cheaper, and more effective device of this character than is now inordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the clamp, and B the hook.-The body of the clamp is provided with an upwardly-projecting stud orhook, D, for the reins, and a loop, E, for the attaching-strap by whichthe clamp is secured to the carriage. The shank m of the hook B isarranged vertically, and passes loosely through a hole in the body A,being screwthreaded exteriorly, and provided above said body with a nut,0, having a handle, f. The ends H of the body A are cut out or havenotchesc formed on their under sides, to adapt them to receive the rimof the wheel J of the carriage.

In the use of my improvement the body A the felly of the wheel when thenut is fully turned down. The driving-reins K, which are of courseconnected with the bit of the horse, (not shown,) are then passed aroundor partially around some fixed portion of the carriage, preferably thecross-bar of the shafts, near the forward end of its body It, and hookedonto the stud D of the clamp.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the reins are represented as passing over the fender ordash-board N of the carriagabeing kept in position by the iron z, thenceunder the cross-bar Q of the shafts M, and thence to the hook or stud D5 but, instead of carrying the reins over the board N, they may becarried under the crossbar Q only, if preferred; or they may carriedover the fender, and not under the cross-bar, if desired. The body,shafts, axle, or rocker of the carriage may also be specially providedwith a stud,

clip, or other suitable device around or partially around which thereins may be carried on their way to the clamp, instead of being passedaround the cross-bar. The clamp being firmly secured to the rim or follyof the wheel by the hook B and nut O, and the reins passed around orpartially around some fixed portion of the carriage and attached to thestud D, as described, when the horse starts and the wheel J is turned itWill wind up the driving-reins K, and thereby produce a strain on thebit and stop the horse in a manner which will be readily obvious withouta more explicit description.

An anti-friction roller or wheel may be employed where the reins passthe cross-bar Q or other fixed portion of the carriage, if desired. Astrap or chain, t, is passed through the loop or eye E of the clamp,said strap being connected to the body of the carriage, as seen in Fig.6. There is also a hook, I), provided beneath the body of the carriage,on which the clamp is suspended when not in use. The

reins K are provided with loops 9, and, when too long, the loops arepassed over the stud D of the clamp, instead of the end of the reins.The loops are made adjustable on the reins, to

enable them to be placed in the right position 2. In a hitching deviceof the character defor this purpose. scribed, a clamp having the body A,provided The hook I) may be attached to the shaft M with the notches o,hook B, nut O, and stud D, 15 or to the crossbar Q, and the strap t maybe in combination with the Wheel J, reins K, and 5 attached to theshafts, instead of the body of cross-bar Q, or a fixed portion of thecarriage,

the carriage, if desired. I around or partially around which said reins-Having thus explained my invention, what I pass on their way to theclamp, substantially claim isas described.

1. In a hitching device of the character del HAROLD HOLLAND. IO scribed,a clamp having the body A, provided Witnesses:

with the notches o, hook B, nut O, and stud D, O. A. SHAW,

substantially as set forth. L. J. WVHITE.

